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Environment
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Safeguarding Agricultural Research and Development Capacity

The Trump administration has often cited consolidation as a path to efficiency. But history shows that USDA reorganizations have weakened, not strengthened, the agency’s capacity.

09.17.25 | 10 min read
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Global Risk
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Training the next generation of nuclear analysts, one satellite image at a time

The bootcamp brought more than two dozen next-generation open-source practitioners from across the United States to Washington DC, where they participated in interactive modules, group discussions, and hands-on sleuthing.

09.12.25 | 3 min read
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Global Risk
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Nuclear Weapons At China’s 2025 Victory Day Parade

On September 3, 2025, China showcased its military power in a parade commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the end of World War II. The parade featured a large number of new military weapons and equipment, including new and modified nuclear systems that had not been previously publicly displayed. This parade was also the first time […]

09.04.25 | 6 min read
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Clean Energy
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Want abundant energy? Ask who benefits from scarcity.

Achieving energy abundance requires reforming electricity markets, refreshing electric utility regulation and rethinking the way we pay for grid infrastructure.

09.04.25 | 5 min read
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Environment
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Beyond Binary Debates: How an “Abundance” Framing Can Restore Public Trust and Guide Climate Solutions

Of course badly designed regulatory approaches can block progress or dry up the supply of public goods. But a theory of the whole regulatory world can’t be neatly extrapolated from urban zoning errors.

09.02.25 | 10 min read
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State & Local Innovation
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Gil’s Corner: A View from D.C. on Science and Tech Policy, Politics, and Power

Our Director of Government Affairs gives you the skinny on the latest from the Hill and White House – and what it means for S&T policy.

08.27.25 | 6 min read
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Environment
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Looking Beyond AC to Cool the Crises: How State and Local Policymakers Can Advance Resilient Cooling Solutions

FAS’s new Resilient Cooling Strategy and Policy Toolkit is designed to help state and local policymakers implement resilient cooling in ways that cut costs, protect public health, and reduce grid strain.

08.26.25 | 3 min read
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Clean Energy
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Trump’s Cuts Could Exacerbate The Energy Emergency

Slashing research and development programs across the DOE, all while Congress rolls back clean energy tax incentives and programs, is not going to solve the nation’s energy emergency. It makes our current challenges even worse.

08.19.25 | 5 min read
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Environment
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When Fire, Extreme Heat, and an Aging Electrical Grid Intersect

With strategic investment, cross-sector coordination, and long-term planning, it is possible to reduce risks and protect vulnerable communities. We can build a future where power lines no longer spark disaster and homes stay safe and connected — no matter the weather.

08.18.25 | 11 min read
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FAS
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Make America Great for Science: Stemming the American Brain Drain

A lack of sustained federal funding, deteriorating research infrastructure and networks, restrictive immigration policies, and waning international collaboration are driving this erosion into a full-scale “American Brain Drain.” 

08.11.25 | 10 min read
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Global Risk
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The Next Nuclear Age: What the Washington Post Series Reveals About Our Perilous Present, from Trinity to Tehran

With 2000 nuclear weapons on alert, far more powerful than the first bomb tested in the Jornada Del Muerto during the Trinity Test 80 years ago, our world has been fundamentally altered.

08.08.25 | 8 min read
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Government Capacity
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Direct File Is the Floor, Not the Ceiling

“The first rule of government transformation is: there are a lot of rules. And there should be-ish. But we don’t need to wait for permission to rewrite them. Let’s go fix and build some things and show how it’s done.”

08.06.25 | 5 min read
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